The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday disclosed why he visited ex-President Muhammadu Buhari at his residence in Kaduna State.
DAILY POST had reported that former governors Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, and some politicians on the visit.
However, Atiku said he visited Buhari to pay post-Sallah homage which he described as wonderful.
Posting on X, Atiku said the former president was in his humourous element with his rib-cracking jokes.
According to Atiku, his ribs hurt as a result of the jokes by the former president.
He wrote: “As the Waziri Adamawa, I was obligated to be in Adamawa during the Sallah celebrations. I held forth for the Lamido Fombina (Adamawa) in some of the activities of the Sallah celebrations.
“Today, I had the opportunity to pay a post-Sallah visit to His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2015-2023. It was a wonderful time with him. As usual, he cracked me up (to the extent that my ribs were hurting) with his peculiar humour.”
Atiku, El-Rufai and Tambuwal had stormed the state to meet with opposition leaders.
This is coming at a time when Atiku, El-Rufai, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party announced the formation of a coalition with the aim of removing President Bola Tinubu from power in 2027.
Atiku announced the formation of the coalition during a press conference by a group known as Concerned Leaders and Political Stakeholders in Nigeria.
Following the announcement, a former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adewale Adebayo, said .
He said if Atiku, Obi and other prominent politicians willing to join SDP can stick to the party's culture, they would defeat and retire Tinubu and the APC.
But, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima said El-Rufai was Atiku's placeholder in the SDP should the PDP deny him its presidential ticket.
